No need for sympathy; validation is enough.

Third-Party Voters’ Vindication: The video praises those who voted for third-party candidates, arguing that their skepticism about the Democratic Party’s commitment to a ceasefire has been validated.

Yes, you are right.

To clarify, when I say independent, I mean independent from the duopoly.

Bernie is an Independent, but he is always running cover for Democrats, even though he talks like a revolutionary with his pseudo-populism.

I agree!

An independent movement for the working class is required.

We tried to push Bernie Sanders to leave the duopoly, but we failed.

It seems AOC is following the same failed attempts on purpose, out of ignorance, or to further her political career, similar to Obama.

AOC ran on being a one-term politician; that has dramatically changed.

Obama ran on hope and change, then became a president that increased drone bombings in the Middle East and a continuation of the status quo.

We must not forget the past US elections and where they got us.

We must not forget the past.

It is important to know the history of past US elections.

Sabby is highlighting the concerning similarities to Obama’s political career and Bernie Sanders’ presidential runs.

I think it is important to inform people instead of being apologetic and celebrity worshippers.

We must always be highly critical of governments and those with power/influence, especially politicians.

It is always a surprise that people fall for these smears—Chinese, Russia, Iran, Hamas (preferred boogeyman every time it comes up).

These smears continue to be US military propaganda so as to justify the wars, similar to all the ones we were in after 9/11, which were based on lies, but it was enough to stir the country into invading and bombing the Middle East for decades.^[1]

Russian apologist

No one ever brings up Israeli agents and apologists, where you can see which politicians openly receive bribes through Open Secrets.

Let us ignore Israel and continue to believe US military propaganda so we can continue these forever wars, where the owner class continues to profit from the working class being slaughtered.

He says to organize around specific issues, like workers’ rights, instead of having broad political arguments.

Whether they are Donald Trump supporters, Biden supporters, third-party supporters, independents, or nonvoters, we can be brought together to improve working conditions and for general strikes.

Chris Smalls did this when he created the Amazon Labor Union (ALU).

Edit: improved sentence flow and added all political groups

Well, the background is something that everyone should know or learn about.

I was reminded of Max Blumenthal talking about it.

For those interested:

Interview - Max Blumenthal - Republican Gomorrah [57:36 | SEP 25 2009 | talkingsticktv | https://lemmy.world/post/27562726]

Thanks for the reminder!

For those interested:

Interview - Max Blumenthal - Republican Gomorrah [57:36 | SEP 25 2009 | talkingsticktv | https://lemmy.world/post/27562726]

Awesome!

AOC and others from the Justice Democrats won seats, so it is feasible.

I see them as a failed experiment that needed to be conducted.

Good luck and best wishes!

There are many third parties.

They also have debates.^[1]

I think third parties need to collaborate with each other to bring the working class together.

It won’t be easy going against the duopoly; it never is. For example, we would just need to look at the trouble the Green Party has had to go through from past elections.

I would also like to see more third parties in discussions with each other while also going to talk with independent media and with political commentators.

Some of the third parties that are independent from the duopoly are:

1. Green Party
2. Libertarian Party
3. Party for Socialism & Liberation
4. American Communist Party (ACP)

It is always exciting when hearing about new third parties that are outside of the duopoly.

I think third parties need to collaborate with each other to bring the working class together.

Some of them being:

1. Green Party
2. Libertarian Party
3. Party for Socialism & Liberation
4. American Communist Party (ACP)

Good luck and best wishes!

We infiltrate the Democrat Party, get ranked voting in each state, then burst out of their chest

The Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) failed at this.

The system changes you; you don’t change the system within.

A party that is for the working class must be independent from the duopoly, not within it.

Oh, interesting.

Compared to Piers Morgan interviews, I thought it went well for Gary Stevenson.

He was able to articulate his points across to a greater audience in simple-to-understand terms while having the time to restate his thoughts in many ways.

Awesome!

I love long-form discussions!

It is a privilege to witness the speakers express themselves in multiple ways instead of gunning for sound bites due to artificial time constraints.

Politicians and governments do not help address the systematic issues we are facing out of goodwill; we must stop being apologetics and celebrity worshippers.

It is much healthier to continue to grow and learn from those that do not share our way of thinking; we all create self-built echo chambers and have biases.

I hope this helps you understand my view that we must continue to be highly critical of politicians (governments, oligarchs, corporations, and people with influence and power), and we must continue to force them to do the bidding of the working class.

Disdain toward something I said… is taken into account…

I hope we may come together on other topics we may share.

All is well, peace.

His continued support and nominations for politicians that accept donations from the wealthy (the oligarchy and the corporations) would beg to differ.

Sabby addresses this in the video.

fragment the left

Being apologists and celebrity worshippers does not benefit the working class; we must push and force politicians to do our bidding.

Being critical and calling them out directly, where they are failing their constituents, should be the norm.

The duopoly will always push what benefits the owner class (the oligarchy and corporations) while giving crumbs to the working class (while ignoring the systematic issues our country continues to have).